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Liberia's President, George Weah, has announced that he is standing for re-election. In his annual state of the nation address,...

Eight people have been killed and four others injured during a mass shooting at a birthday party in Gqeberha city...

The Gambia's Vice-President Badara Alieu Joof has died in India, President Adama Barrow has announced. The vice-president died after a...

South Africa's prison service has said it will challenge a court decision that sent former president Jacob Zuma back to...

Hundreds of thousands of civil servants in South Africa have embarked on a nationwide strike over wages and working conditions....

A Tanzanian commercial flight operated by Precision Air crash-landed in bad weather in Lake Victoria on Sunday, killing 19 people....

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has withdrawn controversial perks for cabinet ministers and their deputies that saw their homes supplied...

The Somali government has announced that a co-founder and senior al-Shabab militant, Abdullahi Nadir, was killed on Saturday in the...

Nigeria’s electoral commission has cleared 18 candidates to contest the presidential election scheduled for February next year. In a list...

A 24-year-old man infected with Ebola has died in central Uganda in a fresh outbreak confirmed by health officials. The...